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Guest Blogger: Benjamin Cohen

Today, my friend Benjamin Cohen graciously provides the goods. Ben is an environmental studies scholar who teaches Science, Technology, and...

Ask the Administrator: Am I Selling Out?

A returning correspondent writes: Well, here I am having just completed my first year as a tenure track faculty member...

Sailing from Ithaka

There's a new report on the future of digital publishing in academe. Scott McLemee thinks you should drop everything and read it posthaste.

Pricing By Major, Revisited

I don't usually do back-to-back posts on the New York Times, but this Sunday's issue provided atypically fine fodder. According...

The Cult of Speed

College rankings are a crutch that too many students and families use to avoid a thoughtful search for the right fit, Alan Contreras says.

Checagou

Poet Rory commented on my previous posting’s line about “newcomer Chicago with her wild-onion breath,” only deepening what is probably...

Notes on Nerds

According to this article in the New York Times, the question of nerd-dom is finally starting to receive a tiny...

The Churchill Firing - I

The University of Colorado protected both academic freedom and academic integrity, writes Hank Brown.